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Yeah that's because his teachers were mostly from Canada or something. He actually found that out when we went to a library and the salesgirl had a very similar accent, so he asked her what it was, and then everything made sense.

I wish I sounded British. I sound stupidly Romanian when I speak any language.

Portuguese people have an American accent when they speak English because films are shown in original versions on TV and at the movies. I have the confirmation once in a while when I talk to Portuguese customers on the phone.

Speaking of accents, I tend to adopt my interlocutor's fairly quickly when we speak English.

Portuguese people have an American accent when they speak English because films are shown in original versions on TV and at the movies. I have the confirmation once in a while when I talk to Portuguese customers on the phone.

Speaking of accents, I tend to adopt my interlocutor's fairly quickly when we speak English.

How is that relevant? All the movies are subtitled in Romania, except those for children, and I don't have any kind of American accent.

I do that too. I once had an entire conversation in a British accent without realizing it until someone asked me where I'm from

Back to the topic of the thread....

*conversation between me and girl*
*she notices her bf had walked away*
Her: Where'd (her bf) go?
Me: He left. I'm here if you need a shoulder to cry on.
Other girl just joining the convo: That for me? (referring to my shoulder)
Me: Well, I do have two shoulders..

Where I work there are and have been loads of multilingual kids. At the moment there's a girl who's Dad only speaks to her in French and Mum only speaks to her in Japanese. I had another girl who knew Italian, Portugese and Japanese. And they all speak english too, and we teach them Maori.

H: Morning! Would you mind if I carried over 5 days holiday to 2013?
Manager: That’s fine – it just can’t be more than five for the carry-over. Otherwise, I get in trouble. And no-one wants that!
H: I do!
H: ...joke
Manager: Sacked!

Nicotine patches - I'm really good at quitting and quit for 6 months at a time but always fall back to it, it's starting smoking again that I struggle with. Quitting again in new year, not going to start back up. I always think "I can just have one, it won't matter," and then 3 months later I'm full time smoking again. I suck.

I always say this to people (so sorry if I sound like a broken record) but hypnotherapy is a really good (but expensive) alternative to patches. My Mum finally kicked her 30-something year habit (after exhausting pretty much every other method) about four years ago.

Anyway, good luck and think of all the money you'll save to buy nice things for yourself/Henry instead ;)

Him: So I'm supposed to consider each person on a case by case basis. For example, a guy applied a few years ago and was perfect except he was convinced of domestic violence. "Fabricated claim" of course. Because his wife "fabricated medical evidence" to make it look like he strangled her.

Me: So what'd you tell the store?

Him: Well I wanted to say, "It should be fine as long as we don't hire his wife."

Me: Okay lets pull up your account whats your phone number
Customer: I'm not sure can you tell me what it starts with.
Me:...How would I know that I dont have an account infront of me.
Customer: oh okay does it start with 770?

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